Chilling Black Lemonade Recipe

By: Chelsea Cozad This recipe easily morphs an everyday drink into a spooky beverage. Its fearsome black color is obtained from activated charcoal. Before you gag at the thought of drinking charcoal, let’s go through some things: activated charcoal has absolutely no flavor and contains many health benefits including teeth whitening, anti-aging, and toxin removal. The recipe is super easy and is sure to chill guests to the … Continue reading Chilling Black Lemonade Recipe

How to Make Cookie Dough Brownies

by Ryan Westergaard The holiday season is coming up, and that means a lot of cooking and baking. Instead of leaving bland cookies for Santa, leave cookie dough brownies. Not only are they a soft chocolaty brownie, but they are layered with a raw (safe to eat) cookie dough. Ingredients For brownies: Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate brownie mix 3 tablespoons of water ½ cup of … Continue reading How to Make Cookie Dough Brownies

How to Become Popular on Instagram

by Ryan Westergaard Most people have an Instagram account, but not that many have followers in the thousands. To fix this, follow the steps below. Many popular Instagram users share these common ideas. Create an Instagram account. Make it unique, if possible. Find a “niche” for your account that a specific group of people would find very interesting. Instead of photography, narrow it down to wild … Continue reading How to Become Popular on Instagram

Activities to do Before Halloween

By: Chelsea Cozad The spookiest day of the year is quickly approaching and we all know as soon as the costumes are hung up and the makeup is wiped off, the holiday season immediately begins. So instead of celebrating for a mere few hours, expand the fun into weekdays and weekends before with these 5 easy and memorable activities! Haunted Houses If you’re looking to … Continue reading Activities to do Before Halloween

How to Take Great Smartphone Photos

by Ryan Westergaard We all want to take great photos, but most of us can’t spend thousands on a professional camera. Well, you’re in luck! Below are some tips and tricks to take the best photos, all with just your smart phone. 1. CLEAN THE CAMERA: This is commonly overlooked, but make definitely make the difference with your photos. Make sure to wipe off the camera … Continue reading How to Take Great Smartphone Photos

Chimes and Times Out of Sync; Ghost Bells Perplex Tech

By: Kayla Stephensen This past summer, the district school phone system “died,” taking with it the clocks synced with the bells at Bellbrook High School. For the past several weeks, the bells have been chaotic due to lack of synchronization. Under the old system, all three were linked. The bells would ring when the clocks turned to the same time. Even though the clock ended … Continue reading Chimes and Times Out of Sync; Ghost Bells Perplex Tech

Reviving Bellbrook’s Academic Team

by Drew Ward      This year Bellbrook is reviving their SWBL Academic Team.  The team is supervised and coached by Mrs. Schultz and Mr. Schultz. The team will practice every Thursday after school until their first meet, which will be held at Franklin, Thursday, January, 11, 2018. The team will of a JV and Varsity. The Varsity and JV will be determined by how many … Continue reading Reviving Bellbrook’s Academic Team

Bellbrook has an Enchanted Homecoming 2017

by Drew Ward Every year Bellbrook High School has a fall dance, Homecoming. This year homecoming was on September 30. All of the fall and for some, the end of summer, is spent getting ready for this dance. Guys get ideas for who they are going to ask, how they will ask or even if they plan on going in general. Girls get the difficult … Continue reading Bellbrook has an Enchanted Homecoming 2017